For the past two years, the iPhone - that revolutionary monolithic slab of Apple goodness - has been the king of the smartphone world, reaching an incredibly broad customer base with its intuitive, user-friendly interface and wealth of features. No one could touch Apple and it seemed like everyone else would be destined to play catch-up. Then, Palm announced in January that their new device, the Palm Pre, would be coming soon to a Sprint store near you running on a new, innovative Linux-based operating system called webOS.

Time flies, doesn’t it? As if it was yesterday we were looking for a fake ID to buy alcohol and cigarettes. Now there are white hairs on our heads and we have kids and families to take care of. Even the times when there was no digital photography and the personal computers had the size of a small Italian restaurant don’t look that far away and that scares us even more…

Today, the mobile technology develops so fast that if you’ll most likely miss something interesting if you close your eyes for 10-15 minutes. Last winter we tested the ...]]>ReviewsTue, 25 Nov 2008 07:09:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/All-angle-comparison-of-the-8MP-phones_id2068/commentsPhoneArena TeamGSM Cameraphone Comparison Q4 2008http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/GSM-Cameraphone-Comparison-Q4-2008_id2039

This article has been updated on November 3, 2008, adding Sony Ericsson C905 and Nokia N82.

Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past few years you have probably noticed that the camera has become one of the key selling points of feature phones. More and more customers are focusing asking “How many megapixels“ before they inquire about anything else. However, as we found out in our cameraphone article, the resolution does not necessarily determine the quality of the pictures, only their size. In a crowded market ...]]>ReviewsMon, 03 Nov 2008 09:38:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/GSM-Cameraphone-Comparison-Q4-2008_id2039/commentsNanko R.5-megapixel GSM Cameraphone Comparison Q4 2007http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/5-megapixel-GSM-Cameraphone-Comparison-Q4-2007_id1889

Do you have a pocket digital camera? You may not need one if you have any of the top cameraphones on the market, advertised by their 5-megapixel resolution, advanced features, branded lenses and Xenon flashes. Or at least this is what the phone manufacturers claim… We’ve collected the 5-megapixel phones that are available on the market and have taken a large set of photos, to see how they perform. In this test you will be able to see images taken outdoors during the day or the night and indoors, to see the flash performance. Additionally there is also an indoor ...]]>ReviewsSat, 05 Jan 2008 10:55:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/5-megapixel-GSM-Cameraphone-Comparison-Q4-2007_id1889/commentsPhoneArena TeamVerizon Cameraphone Comparison Q4 2007http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Verizon-Cameraphone-Comparison-Q4-2007_id1888

A lot has changed since May 2007 when we published our Verizon Q2 Cameraphone Comparison. Now, almost eight months later, there are several new phones to test, including the Samsung FlipShot, LG Voyager, Motorola RAZR2 V9m, and Motorola Maxx Ve (which was used in our Q2 comparison).

The FlipShot replaces the Samsung A990, but still uses a similar 3MP Autofocus camera. The LG Voyager and Motorola Maxx Ve both use a 2MP Autofocus camera, while the Motorola RAZR2 V9m is 2MP with a fixed-focus lens (no autofocus).

With each phone, at lest ...]]>ReviewsSat, 05 Jan 2008 10:40:00 -0600http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Verizon-Cameraphone-Comparison-Q4-2007_id1888/commentsPhoneArena Team